Okay this weekend i decided that i am going to do my own exhaust, after taking off my muffler i found that my car did sound quite awesome, even though there are those on this site who think a throaty rumble sounds like "a dead cow farting" and would prefer a raspy high pitched blender noise. So i welded up a straight pipe (no muffler just pipe from the axle back) in all it costed about $40 i am more than happy with it, more power, better sound, and puts all those ricer to shame when i rev next to their blenders.

Sound clip please!

Got any pic?

Want to do it but is worried about too much noise to annoy my neighbour and attract highway donut eater.

moved...

and this is really ghetto and ricey, unless done just for race track reasons...

just cuz it may sound like your going faster dosent mean you actually are... :rofl: and yes that is some rice ... all you need to do is some neons and a huge APC sticker on your car.... and dont forget the NOS stickers they sell at walmart hahahaha..... but hey its your tc so have fun making it ricey.........

im confused, did u do this to a stock exhaust? or some exhaust called "stinger"?

I don't see how your ghetto exhaust puts anyone to shame but yourself.

I am sick of this bull____. I did the same thing to my car and it sounds great. NOT RICE
example:
2ndgear.mp3 (http://jaguar.ir.miami.edu/~jjuroch/scion/2ndgear.mp3)
just because its CHEAP doesn't mean it's fcking rice... GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEADS PEOPLE

a muffler is ment to muffle the sound... it is actually also a resrictor and weighs quite a few pounds. This car is so dam quiet anyways, with the muffler off, its as loud (inside) as my dad's miata with a borla muffler...

^ Sounds stock, just a tad louder.

at least he has the balls to weld on his own ____. nice job man

I think it sounds great! Kutsuju_dj he took the muffler off and put on a straight pipe. Id bet thats alot less restrictive and gives a good extra bit of power.

Actualy, his the dump exhaust would free up some HP. From what I understand, our mufflers are pretty restrictive and so removing it from the equation would add more power than stock. I doubt it would be as much as a full cat-back but on the other hand it's only $40.

once i got my injen i looked at the inside of the muffler and it is basicly a straight pipe but it is made to look like a muffler so i guess it would sound alot like the injen

Sounds great! You really don't have to spend $600+ on exhaust that would sound the same or worse. If it sounds good and frees up HP it has nothing to do with rice...some people on this thread are either dumb or posting just to raise post count.

Personally I am spending $ on exhaust...titanium...when it comes out.

i've done this too... well not exactly, i haven't put on a straight pipe yet.

IMO it sounds pretty good, not ricey at all, you really have to hear it in person to understand why someone would do it.


I hate the word rice, you guys use it wayyyy too much, in my opinion, a lot of you guys who "hate rice" have paid way too much for things you could have done for a lot cheaper if you weren't too lazy or just too stupid to do it yourself. I agree whole-heartedly with cq107, just because a mod doesn't cost a lot of money does not mean it's "rice". I've spent at most 200 dollars on my car and could beat out most of you "rice" haters in a show anyday.

thanks guys.... Infact Matt687 pmed about the sound, I think I helped make up his mind to do the mod lol

(boy am i gonna get ____ for this)a rice is pretty much a japenease car, with a few exeptions. not dont get my wrong, i love my toyota... but in a way(if your driving a scion or toyota) its kinda like a ricer, and im sure the people that posted saying that guys muffler that he made was a ricer probally have other mods that make your car more riced out than his. i think he deserves some respect for doing it himself :clap:

(boy am i gonna get ____ for this)a rice is pretty much a japenease car, with a few exeptions. not dont get my wrong, i love my toyota... but in a way(if your driving a scion or toyota) its kinda like a ricer, and im sure the people that posted saying that guys muffler that he made was a ricer probally have other mods that make your car more riced out than his. i think he deserves some respect for doing it himself :clap:

What??

Don't speak so "matter of fact"-ly when you have no idea what you're talking about.

TRD me :D thanks

PunkInDrublic = attitude + :blah:

English, may I suggest some lovely cheese with your whine?

thanks for those who support me, and to those of you who spend $800 on your shiny coffee can mufflers, whens the last time you really pondered what ricey meant? Because i can pretty much gaurantee that this setup that I welded for $40 sounds one hell of a lot better than stock, and i still have an extra $760 dollars in my pocket compared to those who would put out for the high end systems... so who is being short changed here??? I still have performance, and a sound better than a mustang.

i'd like to see what kind of gains it's actually giving you, i highly doubt it's over 3whp.

even if it is only 3hp, that kind of gain for $40 makes me very pleased

To each his own!!! I personally prefer the trd exhaust...good sound, nice looking, more power, and that thing what was it...oh yeah the warranty...if i spend 19K on a car and void my warranty on something like that i think it is dumb... my .02

To each his own!!! I personally prefer the trd exhaust...good sound, nice looking, more power, and that thing what was it...oh yeah the warranty...if i spend 19K on a car and void my warranty on something like that i think it is dumb... my .02

Not bashing at all, but what part of your warranty would you void by removing either the axle back (or the cat back for that matter)?

On a side note, how is this mod "rice"? I mean, I understand if he was putting on neon's, a big farkin' wing, a 10" tachometer, or a bunch of stickers. Lots of folks will take out their resonators, how is this any different?

...and a sound better than a mustang.

:rofl: :lol: :rolling: We all have our high standards.

well after revving next to a mustang, it certainly was just as, if not more, throaty

would it be fair to say that anyone interested in the sound of this mod (as well as getting a dyno result) could achieve it by just removing the axle-back portion of the exhaust? the welded bit only serves to direct the exhaust gasses to the rear of the car (and provide a place for a pretty tip)... right?

if i'm understanding this correctly, then i'd be very interested to give it a try. since removal of the axle-back portion is reversable (it can be put back on), anyone who's b!tching about it being "ricey" sounding can just DO it and decide for themselves.

what would be interesting to do is run a dyno test with the OEM exhaust, no axle-back exhaust, and something free-flowing like a magnaflow axle-back exhaust. does the backpressure created by the muffler serve any purpose (bc sometimes it can), or is the back pressure from the cat sufficient for the tC's system?

yah, i realize this could be taken 1 more step by removing the midpipe and cat. but then you're into a seriously illegal exhaust. as long as the cat is there, the only illegality of a straight pipe could be from sound decibels.

i also give props to anyone who welds his own stuff and is brave enough to try something like this. way to go!

The backpressure from the stock muffler does serve a purpose, i noticed a slight decline in off the line bottom end torque, but the higher end is awesome now, pulls much harder once you hit higher revs. I also used 2 1/4 inch exhaust tubing instead of stock 2 1/8, i think the 2 1/8 would have done a better job in keeping some of the bottom end power tho, but too late now, i could just weld another one at that size tho, hmmmmm. btw it cost me much less than $40, i just returned some of the material i bought, all i needed was 2 90* bends and 2 45* bends. The exhaust flange and hangers i made myself with some barstock i had sitting around and some 1/4 inch plate we had used to re-enforce the tie downs in our trailer so we could tie down heavier bikes like harleys. So if you plan on trying this, you may want to try the stocks size for the tube, and maybe consider a larger than needed s bend to try and get some back pressure.